Content Policy

Effective 13 June 2026

This is a shared archive, not a private notebook. Poetry is allowed to be dark, profane, erotic, political, and uncomfortable — that latitude is deliberate. What follows is the short list of things that are never welcome, no matter the framing. Submitting work here means agreeing to these rules. We enforce them strictly.

Strictly prohibited

The following breach this policy and will be removed:

• Hate & slurs. Content that attacks, dehumanizes, or incites hatred against people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, caste, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or serious disease — including identity-based slurs used as attacks.
• Harassment & threats. Targeting a real person with abuse, credible threats of violence, encouragement of suicide or self-harm, or sustained bullying.
• Child sexual exploitation. Any sexualized content involving minors. Zero tolerance. Reported to authorities where required by law.
• Incitement to violence. Content that promotes, glorifies, or provides instructions for real-world violence, terrorism, or attacks on people or places.
• Private information. Publishing someone’s private data (address, phone, financial or medical records) without consent.
• Illegal content & spam. Anything unlawful, plus advertising, link-farming, scams, or automated bulk posting.

On profanity

Strong language is part of poetry and is permitted. The line is intent: profanity in service of a poem is fine; slurs and foul language used to demean or attack a person or group are a breach. When in doubt, write the poem — not the insult.

Originality

Publish only work you wrote and hold the rights to. Plagiarism, republishing another writer’s work as your own, or posting copyrighted lyrics/text without permission is not allowed. See our Copyright / DMCA page.

How we enforce

Every submission passes through automated language screening, and the studio can review anything a reader reports. Where a breach is found we may, at our discretion and without prior notice:

• remove or unpublish the work;
• issue a warning to the account;
• suspend or permanently ban the account;
• preserve records and notify authorities where the law requires it.

Severe breaches (child exploitation, credible threats) result in immediate removal and a permanent ban. Automated screening is imperfect — a human makes the final call, and coarse language alone is never grounds for a ban.

Appeals

If you believe a decision was a mistake, reply to the notice or contact support@cotek.live. We read appeals and will reinstate work that was removed in error.